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Wilson und Clemenceau

Josef Laurenz Kunz · 1919

A 1919 German study by Josef Laurenz Kunz comparing Woodrow Wilson and Georges Clemenceau at the Paris Peace Conference. It is an outside analysis of the figure written soon after the events.

A 1919 German study that compares Clemenceau with Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference.

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Josef Laurenz Kunz, Wilson und Clemenceau, 1919. Scanned book (PDF), Internet Archive.

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What it is

This is a small book by Dr. Josef Laurenz Kunz, printed in Vienna and Leipzig in 1919. Its title, Wilson und Clemenceau, names two leaders. The preface says it grew out of a seminar paper on Wilson's Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles. The copy was digitized by the Internet Archive, and the text here is taken from its opening pages.

Why it matters

The book was written while the Treaty of Versailles was new, and it compares Clemenceau with Woodrow Wilson, the American president. The author wrote in German for a university audience. It shows how a young Austrian scholar in 1919 judged two leaders who shaped the peace.

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  • Why might a study written in 1919 in Vienna compare these two leaders, and what does the title's order suggest?
  • The preface says the author's work started as a seminar paper. How might a student-written study differ from a leader's own account?
  • What sources does the author rely on, and whose voices are missing from a comparison of only two leaders?

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